Fort Wayne Man Sentenced For Threatening Communications

FORT WAYNE -Jeffrey Stevens, 42 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to transmission of a threat in interstate commerce, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

Stevens was sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, in November 2023, Stevens utilized a social media platform to transmit a message to the Fort Wayne Police Department. The message contained a threat to kill individuals of Jewish faith with the suggestion that there was nothing the local police could do about it.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Fort Wayne Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John Maciejczyk.